She was born 1878 and died in 1968. Lisa discovered that nuclear fission can produce a lot of energy, she discovered that in 1938. In Sweden, she escaped a few months before from Nazi Germany, and that's when she made the discovery. When world war 2 ended, she was called ¨ mother of the atom bomb¨. She actually disapproved of both the acclaim and the bomb. She also believed nuclear energy should be used for peaceful purposes only. Lisa was never awarded a Nobel Prize. Her work was acknowledged in an exceptional way, when chemical element 109 was named Meitnerium in her honor, in 1997. Her father's name was Phillip Meitner, he was a lawyer, and a chess master. Her family was non-religious jews. In 1907, she arrived in Berlin. She was going
